ASOU progress notes - day two
A Series of Unexpectations
Day Two - Friday 20th March, 2020
Task and show ideas/imagery:
An ode to the subconscious
Episodic nature
Review writing whilst a performance is happening (on stage)
Giving nonsensical advice in a sensical manner
Unorthodox entrances and exits
Writing about the show before making the show
Printer spitting out paper - maybe this paper is our nonsensical Exquisite Corpse poems?
Object Orchestra - the performance of objects/developed
Tasks:
Lisa Nelson's Tuning Scores - intention: to connect as a new group
At a moment of collectiveness - ''begin'' - close eyes
''Pause''
''Open / close''
''Replay''
''Reverse''
''Sustain''
''Transform''
''Fast-forward''
Sustain...characters come up / specific explorations are given time
Fulfillment of desires for external viewers
4 minute introductory solo - Bella:
Barre / symmetry / precision / connected
The Chance Dance
Examples below:
Day Two - Friday 20th March, 2020
Task and show ideas/imagery:
An ode to the subconscious
Episodic nature
Review writing whilst a performance is happening (on stage)
Giving nonsensical advice in a sensical manner
Unorthodox entrances and exits
Writing about the show before making the show
Printer spitting out paper - maybe this paper is our nonsensical Exquisite Corpse poems?
Object Orchestra - the performance of objects/developed
Tasks:
Lisa Nelson's Tuning Scores - intention: to connect as a new group
At a moment of collectiveness - ''begin'' - close eyes
''Pause''
''Open / close''
''Replay''
''Reverse''
''Sustain''
''Transform''
''Fast-forward''
Sustain...characters come up / specific explorations are given time
Fulfillment of desires for external viewers
4 minute introductory solo - Bella:
Barre / symmetry / precision / connected
The Chance Dance
Examples below:
Write a list of body parts down and number them randomly:
Head/face (9), Right ear (31), Left ear (22), Nose (28), Mouth (8), Neck (37), Right shoulder (21), Left shoulder (3), Chest (14), Ribcage (20), Upper arm - right (43), Upper arm - left (38), Right elbow (27), Left elbow (18), Right forearm (36), Left forearm (42), Right hand (25), Left hand (35), Right fingers (11), Left fingers (41), Stomach (32), Right hip (1), Left hip (40), Pelvis (24), Butt (39), Right thigh (6), Left thigh (12), Right knee (33), Left knee (15), Right hamstring (5), Left hamstring (26), Right shin (17), Left shin (34), Right calf (13), Left calf (30), Right ankle (7), Left ankle (23), Right foot (2), Left foot (16), Right toes (29), Left toes (10), Right heel (19), Left heel (4)
1-43
Write a list of verbs and placements down and number them:
Between (1), Taps (2), Strokes (3), Lifts (4), Hovers (5), Falls (6), Holds (7), Beside (8), Grasp (9), Above (10), Behind (11), Underneath (12), Weighs down (13), Buckles (14), Tickles (15), Scratches (16), Rubs (17)
1-17
Write a list of qualities down and number them:
Softly (1), Suspiciously (2), Forcefully (3), Smoothly (4), Decisively (5), Sharply (6), Hesitantly (7), Surprisingly (8), Slowly (9), Quickly (10), Specifically (11), Mundanely (12), Nostalgically (13)
1-13
I REMEMBER....
Miriam and Tash bringing characters in
Adam's spiral movement / one-leg looped behind
Tash bringing in sound
Fa'asu's sudden drops to the ground
Neza's longing wrist - beautiful!
Neza's perky twitch
Jaz's eyebrow - krump-like
Miriam's tongue - hiding
Fa'asu's neck suspiciously hovering
Bella's genuine laughter
Impossible instructions
QUESTIONS:
Set positions? - start from where you end up?
Mixed timing - does this come from the do-er or the reader?
What's the aim/intention?
Connection between the person doing and person reading needs to be strong
Could the instructions be anonymous/unknown to audience?
Intention - believing you're doing it/metaphorical?
What is more interesting - the fast-twitch and spontaneous nature of doing the first thing that comes to mind, or the process of one person trying to accomplish something potentially impossible.
More to come.
1-43
Write a list of verbs and placements down and number them:
Between (1), Taps (2), Strokes (3), Lifts (4), Hovers (5), Falls (6), Holds (7), Beside (8), Grasp (9), Above (10), Behind (11), Underneath (12), Weighs down (13), Buckles (14), Tickles (15), Scratches (16), Rubs (17)
1-17
Write a list of qualities down and number them:
Softly (1), Suspiciously (2), Forcefully (3), Smoothly (4), Decisively (5), Sharply (6), Hesitantly (7), Surprisingly (8), Slowly (9), Quickly (10), Specifically (11), Mundanely (12), Nostalgically (13)
1-13
I REMEMBER....
Miriam and Tash bringing characters in
Adam's spiral movement / one-leg looped behind
Tash bringing in sound
Fa'asu's sudden drops to the ground
Neza's longing wrist - beautiful!
Neza's perky twitch
Jaz's eyebrow - krump-like
Miriam's tongue - hiding
Fa'asu's neck suspiciously hovering
Bella's genuine laughter
Impossible instructions
QUESTIONS:
Set positions? - start from where you end up?
Mixed timing - does this come from the do-er or the reader?
What's the aim/intention?
Connection between the person doing and person reading needs to be strong
Could the instructions be anonymous/unknown to audience?
Intention - believing you're doing it/metaphorical?
What is more interesting - the fast-twitch and spontaneous nature of doing the first thing that comes to mind, or the process of one person trying to accomplish something potentially impossible.
More to come.
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